Friday, February 10, 2012

My memories of the first few days after Big Sister E was born are a bit hazy for a number of reasons. The exhaustion and lack of sleep, the sheer bewilderment that she was mine, how quickly it all blended together... yet something that I do remember was having piles of paperwork to sort through. Pamphlets, booklets, information — what was it and did I really need it all?

Let's face it, parents are faced with a whole lot of choices and decisions and sometimes we just need to know where to look for the answers as to what is going to be the best for our baby.

That's where the Gerber Life College Plan comes in, as it was designed to help busy parents safely and easily save for tomorrow. With guaranteed growth, life insurance protection, flexibility, and fixed monthly premiums payments, this program is there to be the smart choice for your child's future.

The only college plan that is also adult life insurance, the Gerber Life College Plan allows your child to follow his or her dreams, whether or not they end up including college. Plus, unlike riskier financial products such as stocks and mutual funds, this plan is guaranteed to not lose value. Who doesn't want to know that their money is safe?

With affordable pricing and no strings attached, it's easy to give your child a head start for their future. Benefits include:

Affordable, fixed payments

Stable growth that never loses value

The policy builds cash value over time, which can be borrowed against

Affordable premiums that work with your budget

Payments can be made monthly, semi-annually, annually

Guaranteed payout of $10,000 to $150,000

Flexibility to use the money for anything, even expenses not related to college

And more!

Whether college seems far off or not, the sooner you start saving for college, the more time that your money has to grow and the less you have to save each month to reach a sizable amount. So why not get started?

With the Gerber Life College Plan, you decide how much you can afford to set aside each month, and then you receive a guaranteed benefit payment of $10,000 to $150,000 when it's time for your child to enter college in 10 to 20 years. Unlike stocks and mutual funds, the Gerber Life College Plan does not go up and down in value due to economic conditions, so you never have to worry if your money will be there when it is needed.

Want one more reason to check out Gerber Life Insurance Company? Head over to their Facebook page now for your chance to contribute your baby's photos to the Project Open Book picture mosaic and enter for a chance to win a $1,000 VISA gift card and more. For every photo uploaded, Gerber Life will donate $1 to Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) to help spread the love of reading. They're on their way to donating $10,000!

Thanks to the generosity of the Gerber Life Insurance Company, one person will be even more excited about their child's photographs and what they can do with them, because...

One lucky person will win a $25 Snapfish gift card!

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A big thank you to Gerber Life for providing a Snapfish gift certificate for me as well as for one lucky giveaway winner. The opinions shared are my own and honest and if you really need to see more, click here to see how I roll.

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I have a good friend who works at a large scrapbooking manufacturer so I get lots of albums and scrapbook kits from her. I try to keep up with putting pics in them, but I'm usually about 6 months behind. Not bad!